Example sentences of "[coord] then [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexandra climbed carefully up the first side and then leaped from the top on to the grass below . |
| 2 | An average ant colony might use around 12 different types of signal , most of them conveyed by means of chemical ‘ pheromones ’ secreted on to the ground by various glands and then sniffed in the air by other ants . |
| 3 | He winced at the memory as he hammered on the steel and then looked through the spy port . |
| 4 | She waited quietly , and then looked down the road . |
| 5 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 6 | The typewriter made a clicking sound and then ran towards the space station . |
| 7 | Adams stated that whilst he and Moore were at supper he saw an unusual light in the direction of the Body Shop but , instead of going to see what it was and turning on the water from the hydrants to endeavour to arrest the progress of the flames , he caused the alarm bell to be rung and then ran to the gate to admit the Fire Brigade . |
| 8 | The spell was broken , the pool was rippled from its serenity by the way he snapped instructions to her and then ran to the Administration block . |
| 9 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 10 | She fixed her bike among some bushes where it would n't be seen from the lane , and then ran along the grass-verge to the gap in the trees where the path began . |
| 11 | With a disbelieving shrug , he walked round to release the bonnet , and then glanced into the engine . |
| 12 | Zen slowly mounted the steps , and then paused on the threshold . |
| 13 | The Anti-Rex climbed over the roof parapet of the Butcher Building and then proceeded down the wall , fly fashion . |
| 14 | The tip of his cigarette glowed on the other side of the glass and then vanished into the darkness of the room behind . |
| 15 | She gave a tiny smile , brave but near tears , and then vanished from the screen . |
| 16 | The plaintiffs also appealed against the decision of taxing master right , er and then appealed on the basis that er there should be no disallowance for any interest at all . |
| 17 | After blocking free protein binding sites with 0.5% Tween 20 ( Sigma ) for 2 hours , the filter was incubated with patient 's sera ( diluted 1:10 in TBS with 0.5% Tween 20 ) for 30 minutes , washed in 0.5% Tween in TBS , and then incubated with the rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin conjugated with alkaline phosphatase for a further 30 minutes . |
| 18 | Two dogs came in to share her solitude , absurd , dignified little Pekinese who regarded her gravely with their blue-brown eyes like marbles and then lay before the fire and ignored her . |
| 19 | He waved his arms about a fair bit and then disappeared to the back of the shop to be joined by , I presume , his wife for moral support . |
| 20 | Besides those who waited to journey together there were others who came up out of the forest alone and who seemed to belong there , men licensed by the Lord Warden to carry on their trade in certain parts of the forest , woodmen , trappers , charcoal burners , for the most part a silent surly sort of men who emerged from the forest , went briefly about their business , had little to say for themselves , and then disappeared into the solitude again . |
| 21 | She watched her mother get into the car , but she remained standing by the open door until Lizzie had turned the car and then disappeared down the drive . |
| 22 | And then disappeared in the ether . ’ |
| 23 | I drove away slowly and then came to the corner of Union and Gloucester . |
| 24 | It is recorded that a Masai once killed a cattle robber and then came into the district office to report the murder . |
| 25 | A neighbour who heard the bell , a sound she had never heard in all her fifteen years in the street , puzzled over it for half an hour and then went across the road to the school . |
| 26 | She trained at Liverpool ( S.R.N. , S.C.M. , Q.1.D.N.S. , Hospital Gold Medal 1963 ) and then went on the district in her native Westmorland . |
| 27 | Someone came into the kitchen from the door to the hallway , switched on the light , apparently glanced round , and then went into the sitting room , leaving the door to the kitchen open . |
| 28 | When I went in , I carried on into the kitchen without taking my coat off , put the kettle on and then went into the living room . |
| 29 | They cleaned themselves up quickly , instructed all the others to shower again as thoroughly as possible in view of the AIDS risk , and then went into the interview room to talk to Steve 's parents . |
| 30 | When they got back , Ruth put Lil into the cot for her afternoon nap and then went into the bedroom , to see how Connor was feeling . |